Starlink tempts users with $200 Global Roaming service (2023/02/21) 'Almost anywhere on land' ... that's a bold promise
Microsoft's Outlook: Cloudy with a chance of junk-mail-stuffed inboxes (2023/02/21) Redmond fixed the spam filtering problem, but it was a wild day-long ride for some
Bosch-backed VCs pour more funds into Brit quantum silicon chips (2023/02/21) Pret and Starbucks rubbing hands with glee as some cash will go to larger London HQ
Research raises questions: Are instruments taken to Mars sensitive enough to find life? (2023/02/21) Study in Chile desert finds NASA Mars mission instruments unlikely to detect signs of life in Earth's most arid regions
Results are in for biggest 4-day work week trial ever: 92% sticking with it (2023/02/21) Struggling to keep staff? Pilot brings huge dive in attrition, sick leave
Swedish network biz Ericsson chops 1,400 jobs at home (2023/02/21) More to come in other country ops? Company talks of admins 'sweating assets' and slowdown in 5G network builds
Marketing company chases Twitter for $7,000 over 'swag gift box for Elon' (2023/02/21) This is just a sliver of the $400,000 allegedly owed for branded merch
Deutsche Bank's takeover of Postbank hasn't gone well, according to customers (2023/02/21) 4 million contract migration went as planned, spokesperson insists
Accidental WhatsApp account takeovers? It's a thing (2023/02/21) Blame it on phone number recycling (yes, that's a thing, too)
Activist investor tells Airbus to end Atos Evidian talks now (2023/02/21) TCI Fund says buying stake in tech biz would be 'extremely inefficient use of shareholder funds'
Behold Big Tech's mightiest new innovations: Minecraft Crocs, recycled cubicles (2023/02/21) Thank you, Microsoft and Meta, for firing thousands and then sharing your very finest inventions
FTX is back in Japan, where users can withdraw fiat and crypto (2023/02/21) System back online with money still there, thanks to Japanese regulations
Chinese boffins call for research on ‘countermeasures’ to US chip bans (2023/02/21) Suggest fundamental semiconductor physics research is needed if China is to build viable local industry
APNIC calls in lawyers to handle election code of conduct breach allegations (2023/02/21) Threats to voters also reported as vote for regional internet registry heats up
Hong Kong to crypto exchanges: get a securities broker's licence, or go home (2023/02/21) Crashes like FTX and Terra have made regulation necessary, say authorities, even as Territory seeks to become a virtual asset hub
Clumsy ships, one Chinese, sever submarine cables that connect Taiwanese islands (2023/02/21) Vietnam has also struggled with four out of five cables in strife
Humans strike back at Go-playing AI systems (2023/02/20) Amateur fleshbag defeats synthetic in 14 of 15 games
DNA testing biz vows to improve infosec after criminals break into database it didn’t know it had (2023/02/20) Settles lawsuit with two states after wider leak that affected millions
Gartner: Oracle probes orgs for Java compliance after new licensing terms (2023/02/20) Big Red 'has a history of changing offerings' without allowing renewals of legacy products
Yukon UFO could have cost unfortunate balloon fan $12 (2023/02/20) How much are sidewinder missiles going for these days?